Genus Yersinia
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 19
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3 (+ one rejected name)
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Yersinia van Loghem 1944, genus.
Type species: ¤ Yersinia pestis (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) van Loghem 1944 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Yersinia, named for the French bacteriologist A.J.E. Yersin, who first isolated the causal organism of plague in 1894.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: Van LOGHEM (J.J.): The classification of plague-bacillus. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology and Serology, 1944, 10, 15-16.
Yersinia aldovae Bercovier et al. 1984, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Al 19955 = ATCC 35236= CCUG 18770 = CDC 669-83 = CIP 103162 = CNY 6005 = IP 6005 = JCM 5892.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF366376.
Etymology: N.L. gen. fem. n. aldovae, of Aldova, named in honor of Eva Aldova, the Czechoslovakian microbiologist who first isolated the bacterium.
Valid publication: BERCOVIER (H.), STEIGERWALT (A.G.), GUIYOULE (A.), HUNTLEY-CARTER (G.) and BRENNER (D.J.): Yersinia aldovae (formerly Yersinia enterocolitica-like group X2): a new species of Enterobacteriaceae isolated from aquatic ecosystems. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 166-172.
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Yersinia aleksiciae Sprague and Neubauer 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Y159 = WA758 = DSM 14987 = LMG 22254.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ627597.
Etymology: N.L. gen. aleksiciae, of Aleksic, in honour of Professor Stojanca Aleksic, Hamburg, Germany, to whom we owe much of our knowledge on the epidemiology and microbiology of Yersinia.
Valid publication: SPRAGUE (L.D.) and NEUBAUER (H.): Yersinia aleksiciae sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 831-835.
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Yersinia bercovieri Wauters et al. 1988, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) WAIP 208 = ATCC 43970= CCUG 26329 = CDC 2475-87 = CIP 103323 = CNY 7506.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF366377.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. bercovieri, of Berovier, named in honor of Hervé Bercovier, who first described biogroups 3A and 3B and has made outstanding contributions to the taxonomy and ecology of yersiniae.
Valid publication: WAUTERS (G.), JANSSENS (M.), STEIGERWALT (A.G.) and BRENNER (D.J.): Yersinia mollaretii sp. nov. and Yersinia bercovieri sp. nov., formerly called Yersinia enterocolitica biogroups 3A and 3B. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 424-429.
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Yersinia enterocolitica (Schleifstein and Coleman 1939) Frederiksen 1964, species.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 9610= CCUG 11291 = CCUG 12369 = CIP 80.27 = DSM 4780 = JCM 7577 = LMG 7899 = NCTC 12982.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF366378.
Synonym: "Bacterium enterocoliticum" Schleifstein and Coleman 1939.
Etymology: Gr. n. enteron, intestine; Gr. n. kolon, colon; Gr. suff. -tikos -ê -on, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. enterocolitica, pertaining to the intestine and colon.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: 1 SCHLEIFSTEIN (J.I.) and COLEMAN (M.B.): An unidentified microorganism resembling B. ligniere and Past. Pseudotuberculosis, and pathogenic for man. New York State Journal of Medicine, 1939, 39, 1749-1753. 2 FREDERIKSEN (W.): A study of some Yersinia pseudotuberculosis-like bacteria (Bacterium enterocoliticum and Pasteurella X). Proceedings of the XIV Scandinavian Congress of Pathology and Microbiology, Oslo 1964, Norwegian Universities Press, Oslo, 1964, pp. 103-104.
Note: Subsequently, this species has been divided into subspecies (see: below).
Yersinia enterocolitica subsp. enterocolitica (Schleifstein and Coleman 1939) Neubauer et al. 2000, subsp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 9610= CCUG 11291 = CCUG 12369 = CIP 80.27 = DSM 4780 = JCM 7577 = LMG 7899 = NCTC 12982.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF366378.
Etymology: Gr. n. enteron, intestine; Gr. n. kolon, colon; Gr. suff. -tikos -ê -on, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. enterocolitica, pertaining to the intestine and colon.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 75. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1415-1417.
Effective publication: NEUBAUER (H.), ALEKSIC (S.), HENSEL (A.), FINKE (E.J.) and MEYER (H.): Yersinia enterocolitica 16S rRNA gene types belong to the same genospecies but form three homology groups. Int. J. Med. Microbiol., 2000, 290, 61-64.
Validation List no. 75 in IJSEM Online
Notes:
1 The original authorship, (Schleifstein and Coleman 1939) Frederiksen 1964, was corrected according to the new Rule 40d.
Reference: GARRITY (G.M.), LABEDA (D.P.) and OREN (A.): Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. XIIth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 3, 4 and 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2775-2780.
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2 The subspecies name Yersinia enterocolitica subsp. enterocolitica (Schleifstein and Coleman 1939) Neubauer et al. 2000 is automatically created by the valid publication of ¤ Yersinia enterocolitica subsp. palearctica Neubauer et al. 2000 [Rule 40d (formerly Rule 46)].
Yersinia enterocolitica subsp. palearctica Neubauer et al. 2000, subsp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Y11 = CIP 106945 = DSM 13030.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ717344.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. palearctica (from Gr. adj. palaios, ancient; and L. adj. arcticus -a -um, northern, arctic), palaearctic (the bacterium is resident in Northern Europa and Northern parts of Asia major).
Valid publication: Validation List no. 75. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1415-1417.
Effective publication: NEUBAUER (H.), ALEKSIC (S.), HENSEL (A.), FINKE (E.J.) and MEYER (H.): Yersinia enterocolitica 16S rRNA gene types belong to the same genospecies but form three homology groups. Int. J. Med. Microbiol., 2000, 290, 61-64.
Validation List no. 75 in IJSEM Online
Yersinia entomophaga Hurst et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MH96 = MH-1 = ATCC BAA-1678 = DSM 22339.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ400782.
Etymology: Gr. part. adj. entomon, cut up, segmented (animal) (used to refer to an insect); N.L. fem. n. phaga (from Gr. n. phagos, voracious), eater; N.L. fem. n. entomophaga, insect eater.
Valid publication: HURST (M.R.H.), BECHER (S.A.), YOUNG (S.D.), NELSON (T.L.) and GLARE (T.R.): Yersinia entomophaga sp. nov., isolated from the New Zealand grass grub Costelytra zealandica. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 844-849.
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Yersinia frederiksenii Ursing et al. 1981, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 6175 = ATCC 33641= CCUG 11293 = CIP 80.29 = NCTC 11470.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF366379.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. frederiksenii, of Frederiksen; named after the Danish microbiologist Wilhelm Frederiksen, who made a substantial contribution to the study of the genus Yersinia.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 6. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1981, 31, 215-218.
Effective publication: URSING (J.), BRENNER (D.J.), BERCOVIER (H.), FANNING (G.R.), STEIGERWALT (A.G.), BRAULT (J.) and MOLLARET (H.H.): Yersinia frederiksenii: a new species of Enterobacteriaceae composed of rhamnose-positive strains (formerly called atypical Yersinia enterocolitica or Yersinia enterocolitica-like). Curr. Microbiol., 1980, 4, 213-217.
Validation List no. 6 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Yersinia intermedia Brenner et al. 1981, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 3953 = Bottone 48 = Chester 48 = ATCC 29909= CCUG 11292 = CIP 80.28 = JCM 7579 = NCTC 11469.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF366380.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. intermedia, intermediate; here it implies that biochemical reactions of this species seem midway between Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 6. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1981, 31, 215-218.
Effective publication: BRENNER (D.J.), BERCOVIER (H.), URSING (J.), ALONSO (J.M.), STEIGERWALT (A.G.), FANNING (G.R.), CARTER (G.P.) and MOLLARET (H.H.): Yersinia intermedia: a new species of Enterobacteriaceae composed of rhamnose-positive, melibiose-positive, raffinose-positive strains (formerly called Yersinia enterocolitica or Yersinia enterocolitica-like). Curr. Microbiol., 1980, 4, 207-212.
Validation List no. 6 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Yersinia kristensenii Bercovier et al. 1981, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 105 = ATCC 33638= CCUG 8241 = CCUG 11294 = CIP 80.30 = JCM 7576 = NCTC 11471.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF366381.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. kristensenii, of Kristensen, named after the Danish microbiologist Martin Kristensen, who first isolated this organism.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 6. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1981, 31, 215-218.
Effective publication: BERCOVIER (H.), URSING (J.), BRENNER (D.J.), STEIGERWALT (A.G.), FANNING (G.R.), CARTER (G.P.) and MOLLARET (H.H.): Yersinia kristensenii: a new species of Enterobacteriaceae composed of sucrose-negative strains (formerly called Yersinia enterocolitica or Yersinia enterocolitica-like). Curr. Microbiol., 1980, 4, 219-224.
Validation List no. 6 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Yersinia massiliensis Merhej et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 50640 = CCUG 53443 = CIP 109351.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF179119.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. massiliensis, pertaining to Massilia, the Roman name of Marseille, France, where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: MERHEJ (V.), ADÉKAMBI (T.), PAGNIER (I.), RAOULT (D.) and DRANCOURT (M.): Yersinia massiliensis sp. nov., isolated from fresh water. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 779-784.
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→ Yersinia massiliensis Merhej et al. 2008 emend. Souza et al. 2011.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 50640 = CCUG 53443 = CIP 109351.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF179119.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. massiliensis, pertaining to Massilia, the Roman name of Marseille, France, where the type strain was isolated.
Reference: SOUZA (R.A.), FALCÃO (D.P.) and FALCÃO (J.P.): Emended description of Yersinia massiliensis. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1094-1097.
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Yersinia mollaretii Wauters et al. 1988, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) WAIP 204 = ATCC 43969= CCUG 26331 = CDC 2465-87 = CIP 103324 = CNY 7263.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF366382.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. mollaretii, of Mollaret, named in honor of Henri H. Mollaret, head of the National Yersinia Center at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, for his years of study on the classification and epidemiology in the genus Yersinia.
Valid publication: WAUTERS (G.), JANSSENS (M.), STEIGERWALT (A.G.) and BRENNER (D.J.): Yersinia mollaretii sp. nov. and Yersinia bercovieri sp. nov., formerly called Yersinia enterocolitica biogroups 3A and 3B. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 424-429.
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Yersinia nurmii Murros-Kontiainen et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) APN3a-c = DSM 22296 = LMG 25213.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ717338.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. nurmii, of Nurmi, in honour of the Professor Esko Nurmi, a distinguished researcher in the field of food hygiene, who, with his colleagues, introduced, among other things, the concept of competitive exclusion.
Valid publication: MURROS-KONTIAINEN (A.), FREDRIKSSON-AHOMAA (M.), KORKEALA (H.), JOHANSSON (P.), RAHKILA (R.) and BJÖRKROTH (J.): Yersinia nurmii sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2368-2372.
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Yersinia pekkanenii Murros-Kontiainen et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ÅYV7.1KOH2 = DSM 22769 = LMG 25369.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GQ451990.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. pekkanenii, of Pekkanen, in honour of the Professor Timo Pekkanen, who was a veterinarian and former head of the Department of Food and Environmental Hygiene in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Helsinki. He made a substantial contribution to the development of scientific research of food hygiene in Finland.
Valid publication: MURROS-KONTIAINEN (A.), JOHANSSON (P.), NISKANEN (T.), FREDRIKSSON-AHOMAA (M.), KORKEALA (H.) and BJÖRKROTH (J.): Yersinia pekkanenii sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2363-2367.
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Yersinia pestis (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) van Loghem 1944, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 19428= CIP 80.26 = NCTC 5923.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF366383.
Synonyms: "Bacterium pestis" Lehmann and Neumann 1896, "Bacillus pestis" (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Migula 1900, "Pasteurella pestis" (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Bergey et al. 1923, "Pestisella pestis" (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Dorofeev 1947.
Etymology: L. n. pestis -is, an infectious or contagious disease, plague; L. gen. n. pestis, of plague.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: 1 LEHMANN (K.B.) and NEUMANN (R.): Atlas und Grundriss der Bakteriologie und Lehrbuch der speziellen bakteriologischen Diagnostik, 1st ed., J.F. Lehmann, München, 1896. 2 Van LOGHEM (J.J.): The classification of plague-bacillus. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology and Serology, 1944, 10, 15-16.
→ ¤ Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Bercovier et al. 1981, comb. nov.
→ Yersinia pestis (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) van Loghem 1944 (Approved Lists 1980), nom. cons.
References:
1 WILLIAMS (J.E.): Proposal to reject the new combination Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis for violation of the first principle of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria. Request for an opinion. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 268-269.
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2 JUDICIAL OPINION 60: Rejection of the name Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis (van Loghem) Bercovier et al. 1981 and conservation of the name Yersinia pestis (Lehmann and Neumann) van Loghem 1944 for the plague bacillus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1985, 35, 540.
Original article in IJSEM Online
3 WAYNE (L.G.): Actions of the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology on requests for opinions published in 1983 and 1984. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1986, 36, 357-358.
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Note: The conference of experts of the Anti-Plague Establishments of the Soviet Union (Saratov, 1985) recommended classifying all of the variants of the plague pathogen that were isolated from the territory of the Former Soviet Union and Mongolia into the subspecies "Yersinia pestis subsp. pestis", "Yersinia pestis subsp. altaica", "Yersinia pestis subsp. caucasica", "Yersinia pestis subsp. hissarica", "Yersinia pestis subsp. ulegeica. In 1998, Sludskii proposed one more subspecies, "Yersinia pestis subsp. talassica".
Reference: ANISIMOV (A.P.), LINDLER (L.E.) and PIER (G.B.): Intraspecific diversity of Yersinia pestis. Clin. Microbiol. Rev., 2004, 17, 434-464.
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Yersinia philomiragia Jensen et al. 1969, species.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 25015= CCUG 4992 = CCUG 19700 = CIP 82.98 = DSM 7535.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY928394.
Etymology: N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. n. miragium (from L. v. miro or miror, to wonder or marvel at, to be astonished or amazed at a thing; to admire); mirage; N.L. n. philomiragia, a friend of mirages, loving mirages, because of the mirages observed in the area where the first isolations of this species were made.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: JENSEN (W.I.), OWEN (C.R.) and JELLISON (W.L.): Yersinia philomiragia sp. n., a new member of the Pasteurella group of bacteria, naturally pathogenic for the muskrat (Ondatra zibethica). Journal of Bacteriology, 1969, 100, 1237-1241.
→ ¤ Francisella philomiragia (Jensen et al. 1969) Hollis et al. 1990, comb. nov.
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis (Pfeiffer 1889) Smith and Thal 1965, species.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 29833= CCUG 5855 = CIP 55.85 = DSM 8992 = JCM 1676 = NCTC 10275.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF366375.
Synonyms: "Bacillus pseudotuberkulosis" (sic) Pfeiffer 1889, "Pasteurella pseudotuberculosis" (Pfeiffer 1889) Topley and Wilson 1929, "Bacterium pseudotuberculosis" (Pfeiffer 1889) Migula 1900, "Shigella pseudotuberculosis" (Pfeiffer 1889) Haupt 1935.
Etymology: Gr. adj. pseudês, false; L. n. tuberculum, a small swelling, bump, protuberance, or tubercle; N.L. n. tuberculosis -is, tuberculosis; N.L. gen. n. pseudotuberculosis, of false
tuberculosis.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: 1 PFEIFFER (A.) (ed.): Über die bacilläre Pseudotuberkulose bei Nagethieren. Verlag von George Thieme, Leipzig, 1889, pp. 1-42. 2 SMITH (J.E.) and THAL (E.): A taxonomic study of the genus Pasteurella using a numeral technique. Acta Pathologica et Bacteriologica Scandinavica, 1965, 64, 213-223.
Note: Subsequently, this species has been divided into subspecies (see: below).
→ Yersinia pseudotuberculosis (Pfeiffer 1889) Smith and Thal 1965 (Approved Lists 1980).
Note: The subspecies name Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Bercovier et al. 1981 is placed on the list of nomina rejicienda.
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Bercovier et al. 1981, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 19428= CIP 80.26 = NCTC 5923.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF366383.
Basonym: ¤ Yersinia pestis (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) van Loghem 1944 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. n. pestis -is, an infectious or contagious disease, plague; L. gen. n. pestis, of plague.
Other synonyms: "Bacterium pestis" Lehmann and Neumann 1896, "Bacillus pestis" (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Migula 1900, "Pasteurella pestis" (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Bergey et al. 1923, "Pestisella pestis" (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Dorofeev 1947.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 7. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1981, 31, 382-383.
Effective publication: BERCOVIER (H.), MOLLARET (H.H.), ALONSO (J.M.), BRAULT (J.), FANNING (G.R.), STEIGERWALT (A.G.) and BRENNER (D.J.): Intra- and interspecies relatedness of Yersinia pestis by DNA hybridization and its relationship to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. Curr. Microbiol., 1980, 4, 225-229.
Validation List no. 7 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
→ Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Bercovier et al. 1981, nom. rejic.
Note: The name Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Bercovier et al. 1981 is placed on the list of nomina rejicienda because the use of the name could have serious consequences for human welfare and health (nomen periculosum).
References:
1 WILLIAMS (J.E.): Proposal to reject the new combination Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis for violation of the first principle of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria. Request for an opinion. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 268-269.
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2 JUDICIAL OPINION 60: Rejection of the name Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis (van Loghem) Bercovier et al. 1981 and conservation of the name Yersinia pestis (Lehmann and Neumann) van Loghem 1944 for the plague bacillus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1985, 35, 540.
Original article in IJSEM Online
3 WAYNE (L.G.): Actions of the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology on requests for opinions published in 1983 and 1984. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1986, 36, 357-358.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Yersinia pestis (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) van Loghem 1944 (Approved Lists 1980), nom. cons.
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pseudotuberculosis (Pfeiffer 1889) Bercovier et al. 1981, subsp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 29833= CCUG 5855 = CIP 55.85 = DSM 8992 = JCM 1676 = NCTC 10275.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF366375.
Etymology: Gr. adj. pseudês, false; L. n. tuberculum, a small swelling, bump, protuberance, or tubercle; N.L. n. tuberculosis -is, tuberculosis; N.L. gen. n. pseudotuberculosis, of false
tuberculosis.
Reference: ASSOCIATE EDITOR, IJSB: Validation List no. 7 (footnote f). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1981, 31, 382-383.
Validation List no. 7 in IJSEM Online
Notes:
1 The original authorship, (Pfeiffer 1889) Smith and Thal 1965, was corrected according to the new Rule 40d.
Reference: GARRITY (G.M.), LABEDA (D.P.) and OREN (A.): Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. XIIth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 3, 4 and 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2775-2780.
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2 The subspecies name Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pseudotuberculosis (Pfeiffer 1889) Bercovier et al. 1981 is automatically created by the valid publication of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Bercovier et al. 1981 [Rule 40d (formerly Rule 46)].
→ ¤ Yersinia pseudotuberculosis (Pfeiffer 1889) Smith and Thal 1965 (Approved Lists 1980).
Note: The subspecies name Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Bercovier et al. 1981 is placed on the list of nomina rejicienda because of practical concerns about human welfare. Therefore, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pseudotuberculosis (Pfeiffer 1889) Bercovier et al. 1981 should thereafter be designated simply as Yersinia pseudotuberculosis (Pfeiffer 1889) Smith and Thal 1965 (Approved Lists 1980).
References:
1 WILLIAMS (J.E.): Proposal to reject the new combination Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis for violation of the first principle of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria. Request for an opinion. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 268-269.
Original article in IJSEM Online
2 JUDICIAL OPINION 60: Rejection of the name Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis (van Loghem) Bercovier et al. 1981 and conservation of the name Yersinia pestis (Lehmann and Neumann) van Loghem 1944 for the plague bacillus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1985, 35, 540.
Original article in IJSEM Online
3 WAYNE (L.G.): Actions of the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology on requests for opinions published in 1983 and 1984. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1986, 36, 357-358.
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Yersinia rohdei Aleksic et al. 1987, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) H271-36/78 = ATCC 43380= CCUG 38833 = CDC 3022-85 = CIP 103163 = JCM 7376 = LMG 8454.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF366384.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. rohdei, of Rohde; named in honor of Rolf Rohde, who founded the National Reference Center for Salmonella in Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany, and who made many significant contributions to the diagnostic and serological identification of Enterobacteriaceae, especially Salmonella.
Valid publication: ALEKSIC (S.), STEIGERWALT (A.G.), BOCKEMÜHL (J.), HUNTLEY-CARTER (G.P.) and BRENNER (D.J.): Yersinia rohdei sp. nov. isolated from human and dog feces and surface water. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1987, 37, 327-332.
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Yersinia ruckeri Ewing et al. 1978, species.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 29473= CCUG 14190 = CDC 2396-61 = CIP 82.80 = HAMBI 1298 = JCM 2429 = JCM 15110 = NCTC 12986.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF366385.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. ruckeri, of Rucker; named after R.R. Rucker, who studied the red mouth disease and its etiological agents.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: EWING (W.H.), ROSS (A.J.), BRENNER (D.J.) and FANNING (G.R.): Yersinia ruckeri sp. nov., the redmouth (RM) bacterium. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1978, 28, 37-44.
Note: Yersinia ruckeri Ewing et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980) was previously known as "the red mouth bacterium".
Yersinia similis Sprague et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Y228 = CCUG 52882 = LMG 23763.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM182404.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. similis, similar, resembling, as the strains are similar to those of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.
Valid publication: SPRAGUE (L.D.), SCHOLZ (H.C.), AMANN (S.), BUSSE (H.J.) and NEUBAUER (H.): Yersinia similis sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 952-958.
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Yersinia wautersii Savin et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 12-219N1=CIP 110607=DSM 27350.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HG326166.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: CBLJ010000000.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. wautersii, named in honor of George Wauters, Belgian yersiniologist to whom we owe in depth characterization of the genus Yersinia, including the biotyping scheme of Y. enterocolitica.
Source: Human.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 158. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64 (2014), 2184-2187.
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Effective publication: SAVIN, C., MARTIN, L., BOUCHIER, C., FILALI, S., CHENAU, J., ZHOU, Z., BECHER, F., FUKUSHIMA, H., THOMSON, N. R., SCHOLZ, H. C. and CARNIEL, E. 2014. The Yersinia pseudotuberculosis complex: characterization and delineation of a new species, Yersinia wautersii. Int. J. Med. Microbiol., 304, 452-463.
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